Electrical heating apparatus



May 23, 1944. 1.. MARANO A ELECTRICAL HEATING APPARATUS Filed April 30, 1942 2 Sheets-Sheet l Jeanard M amno, INVENTOR.

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ATTORNEYS Patented May 23, 1944 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ELECTRICAL HEATING APPARATUS Leonard Marano, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application April 30, 1942, Serial No. 441,189

2 Claims. (Cl. 21919) This invention relates to an electrical heating apparatus for drying and therapeutical purposes, and its general object is to provide an apparatus that is primarily designed for use in beauty parlors and the like for applying heat to the hands,

to not only bring about an expeditious drying action of freshly applied polish and the like to the nails, but to simultaneously give the hands a therapeutic treatment.

Another object is to provide a heating apparatus that is neat in appearance, easy to control, simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, and extremely eflicient in operation, use and service.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described; illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the apparatus which forms the subject matter of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view taken through the hand receptacle, with parts in elevation.

Figure 3 is a top plan view, with parts broken away and in section.

Figure 4 is a front View.

Figure 5 is a detail view of one of the lamp bulb shields.

Referring to the drawings in detail, it will be noted that my apparatus in the form shown includes a pedestal that is made up of a tubular upright l fixed at its lower end to a legged base 2, the legs being provided with casters 3, and the upright is preferably adjustable to vary the height thereof, it being provided with telescopically associated sections, with the upper section frictionally mounted in the lower section.

The hand receptacle includes a flat plate like base or bottom wall 4 having its side edges curved outwardly from a straight front edge 5, and the side edges merge into a curved rear edge, as best shown in Figure 3. A socket member 6 is formed on or otherwise secured to the under face of the bottom wall centrally thereof and provides a seat for the upper end of the upright which is fixed thereto by a screw. Formed on and rising from about the curved edge of the bottom wall is a retaining vflange"! for a truncated substantially semioval' shaped hood likewall memher 8 that has its lower edge shaped to follow the flange and is seated on the bottom wall against the inner face of the flange. The front of the hood like wall member is open and it will be obvious that said member and the bottom wall form the receptacle for passage of the hands therein, through the open front to rest upon the bottom wall.

The wall member 8 is hinged at the rear thereof to the bottom wall, so that ready access can be had to the parts within the receptacle, and the hinged means in the form shown includes rearwardly extending pivotally connected ears 9 and I0, formed respectively on the wall member and bottom wall, as best shown in Figure 3. In order to support the wall member 8 in raised or open position, a lug II is formed on the bottom wall and has one end of a link 12 pivoted thereto. A like link I3 has one end pivotally connected to the side portion of the wall member 8, adjacent the lower edge thereof, and the opposite ends of the links are pivotally secured'to a pivot pin having a sleeve I4 mounted thereon and frictionally bearing against thelinks. 1

For sanitary purposes, I provide a roll of paper '5 that is mounted on a roller having trunnions journaled in brackets 16 secured to and rising from the bottom wall adjacent the rear end thereof, and it will be obvious from Figure 2 that the paper is unrolled for disposal on the upper face of the bottom wall, and a fresh length can be provided each time the device is used.

The used portion of the paper is cut by a horizontally disposed blade I! that is arranged flush with the upper face of the bottom wall 4 along the straight edge 5 thereof, the blade having one end pivotally connected to an ear I8 that is formed on and extends forwardly from the straight front edge 5 adjacent one end thereof. Fixed to the opposite end of the blade is a knurled headed screw 19 that has a spring 20 connected thereto and to the bottom wall respectively, for holding the blade against the paper, the latter being arranged between the blade and the straight edge, as best shown in Figure 2. The front edge of the blade is formed with depending teeth 2| along its length, and when it is desired to change the paper, the latter is pulled forwardly until the necessary length is removed from the roll, thence the paper is pulled upwardly against the teeth for cutting the same.

Fixed to the inner face of the wall member 8 at the rear portion thereof is a partition 22 that forms a compartment23 for housing the conductor wires, as best shown in Figure 2, the par tition including a vertical front wall 24 and a horizontal lower wall, and suitably secured in openings in the front wall are lamp bulb sockets 25 having mounted therein elongated bulbs 26, in the form shown. However, the bulbs may be of any shape, but they extend forwardly from the front wall in parallelism with each other to overlie the bottom wall 4, so that when the hands are placed upon the bottom wall, they will be disposed in the path of the heat rays from the bulbs, to bring about an expeditious drying action of polish or the like applied to the nails and at the same time the hands are subjected to the therapeutic action of the rays.

In order to prevent direct contact of the hands with the bulbs, so as to eliminate the hands from becoming burnt, each bulb is enclosed by a longitudinally slotted. substantially tubular wire mesh shield 21 shaped to fit the same and having a closed outer end. The inner end of the shield is restricted to set up a clamping engagement with the bulb at the juncture thereof with its base, to hold the shield in place, and the shields are arranged on the .bulbs with the slots uppermost, the slots acting to facilitate application of the shields, as will be apparent.

A switch 28 is connected in circuit with the lamp sockets for individually controlling the bulbs, the switch being of a three-way type in the vform shown, as three bulbs are shown. However, the apparatus may be constructed to include any number of bulbs. A time switch 29 is also connected in the circuit between the switch 28 and the sockets, and, a conductor cord 30 is connected to the switches for the obvious purpose of connecting the apparatus with a suitable source of current. A hook 31 is secured to the upright l for supporting the cord, when the apparatus is not in use. A thermometer 32 may likewise be provided, and the switches and thermometer are suitably secured to the Wall member 8, as clearly shown in Figure 2;

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of the invention will be readily apparent.

It is to be understood that changes may be made in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. In an electrical heating apparatus for the hands, a receptacle including a flat bottom wall and an open front for the passage of the hands within the receptacle to rest upon the bottom .wall, said bottom wall having a straight front edge and outwardly curved side edges merging into a curved rear edge, a truncated substantially semioval shaped hood like wall member having its lower edge seated on the bottom wall about the curved edges thereof, a partition secured to the inner face of said wall member and providing a closed compartment for conductors, a vertical wall included in the partition, sockets secured to said vertical wall, shielded lamp bulbs mounted in the sockets and disposed in overlying relation to the bottom wall and in parallelism therewith, and switch means in circuit with the sockets.

2. In an electrical heating apparatus for the hands, a receptacle including a flat bottom wall and an open front for the passage of the hands. within the receptacle to rest upon the bottom wall, said bottom wall having a straight front edge, a hood like wall member seated on the bottom wall and hinged thereto, a retaining flange for the hood member and formed on the bottom wall, means within said receptacle for mounting aroll of paper, whereby lengths of paper can be removed from the roll to cover the bottom wall, a toothed blade for cutting said paper and paralleling said straight edge, said blade being resiliently secured to the bottom wall for movement relative to the straight edge for receiving the paper between said edge and the blade and for the latter to bear against the paper, heating means within the receptacle to overlie the bottom wall, and switch means in circuit with the heating means.

LEONARD MARANO. 

